Meet Our Directors
STEPHANIE GOODEN, DIRECTOR
We are pleased to introduce the director of Huskie Jrs., Stephanie Gooden. Stephanie co-founded CapCity Volleyball Club in Columbus, OH with over 20 girls & boys teams. For 5 years, she served as the Co- Director and Coaching Director for the fledgling club. Stephanie has over 11 years coaching experience in Ohio and Illinois. In that span, she has coached 20 All-Conference Players, 7 All District Players, 5 All-State Players. Her teams have won 13 Conference Championships and 7 District Championships, while earning 6 State Tournament berths. Currently, Stephanie is the Girls Varsity Coach at Rochelle HS & Boys Varsity Coach at St. Charles East HS.
RAY GOODEN, TECHICAL ADVISIOR
Ray, the current head coach at Northern Illinois University and Stephanie’s husband, will serve as Huskie Jrs. technical advisor. Ray has spent 13 seasons coaching collegiate volleyball at different levels including five seasons as women's associate head coach and four years as men's assistant coach at Loyola University-Chicago and two campaigns as the head men's coach and assistant women's volleyball coach at Thomas More College in Crestview Hills, Ky. In addition to his time at the collegiate level, Ray enhanced his résumé with coaching experience at the national level. Since the summer of 1995, the former Ohio State University standout has worked at all levels of the USA Junior National and Youth programs. In 1998, he served as an assistant coach for USA Volleyball's High Performance Camp where he trained 24 of the nation's top 16-and-under players at the Olympic Training facility